Chad did earn some extra laughs, however.īefore I started playing poker myself, I would see or read such scenes in movies and wonder why anybody would play poker if it boiled down to the richest person winning by simply making a bet so big that nobody else could match it. It might have worked in the movies, but not at the WSOP. “This one has a $50,000 limit,” he cracked, pointing at the Visa. During his bustout hand he jokingly produced his Visa credit card and a AAA membership card after having pushed forward his last chips. Pictured at right was a humorous moment near the end of the $2,500 Omaha/Stud Hi-Low event at the 2012 WSOP that recalled such scenes.ĮSPN commentator Norman Chad final tabled that event, eventually finishing sixth. In some cases, it gets to the point that the players are tossing into the pot their wives’ jewelry and the deed to the farm. When one of them runs out of cash, he will start borrowing from friends and onlookers, or even leave the game to hit up the local bank for a big loan.
In response, the opponent will pull out even more money, and throw that in. In movies and television shows set in the Old West, and in much literature from the late 19th century, if there is a poker game, chances are it will show players pulling out money in the middle of a hand and adding it to their bet.
